Pilots assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) listen to a pre-flight brief in one of the squadron ready rooms aboard USS Constellation (CV 64).

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Pilots assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) listen to a pre-flight brief in one of the squadron ready rooms aboard USS Constellation (CV 64).

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Arabian Gulf (Mar. 21, 2003) Pilots assigned to Carrier Air Wing Two (CVW-2) listen to a pre-flight brief in one of the squadron ready rooms aboard USS Constellation (CV 64). Constellation and her embarked CVW-2 are conducting combat missions in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. U.S. Navy photo by Photographer's Mate 2nd Class Felix Garza Jr. File# 030321-N-4142G-020

Carriers

Aircraft carriers are warships that act as airbases for carrier-based aircraft. In the United States Navy, these consist of ships commissioned with hull classification symbols CV (aircraft carrier), CVA (attack aircraft carrier), CVB (large aircraft carrier), CVL (light aircraft carrier), CVN (aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion) and CVAN (attack aircraft carrier (nuclear propulsion). The first aircraft carrier commissioned into the United States Navy was USS Langley (CV-1) on 20 March 1922.